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Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.

Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.

Having a pale or white face, as from fright. "Whey-faced cavaliers." Aytoun.

One who is pale, as from fear.

A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.

See Windlass. [Obs.] Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott.

Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyrideæ) of endogenous plants, of which Xyris is the type.

Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.

Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereæ) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineæ. See Scitamineous.

Same as Zingiberaceous.

A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.

he regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace. The Abderite, Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.

A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.

s insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

courses. -- To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. -- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.